Citroen Specials Club - the club for all lightweight cyclecars

Hi Basically it’s a tricycle, ie 3 wheel motorcycle so fog light not needed - ever seen a fog light on a motorbike? I doubt the average mot tester would even consider its location unless somewhere outlandish - but if fitted must work only with lights on and have a warning light The gov test for a ne...

Hi Inside the can are large diameter springs, the end fitting having what is effectively a brake shoe type material around it’s outside surface with a clearance fit to the tube The oil lubricates this but if the rubber seals at each end of the tube have also perished water may have entered and ruste...

Hi

The aluminium in the pushrod tube is ver6 soft so should be salvageable with a bit of Care, it isn’t a tight fit into the crankcase, to be certain it’s oil tight use the better quality pushrod tube seals

Whatever you read pushrod tubes are v difficult to replace as metal so soft

Colin

Hi

I’ve changed over to these having got sick of how quickly the cheaper ones crack and perish

They are as good as they say and easier to fit being more stretchy to fit

Well worth the extra money

Colin

Hi In the Pembleton forum this has come up and the consensus - and my experience also - is that the engine breathes better retaining the rubber inlet and fitting an air filter to that, I used a K&N type filter kit from Ebay, came with some straight and bent aluminium tubing and connectors so I manag...

Hi Have you centred the brake shoes? This needs to be done carefully and could give the symptoms you have assuming pumping the brakes is taking up the 'slack' in the drums before the shoes bite I made a tool up for this - length of threaded rod welded to an old axle hub nut with an 'arm' between two...

Hi Has anyone an actual wiring diagram for a 2cv, ideally basic 80's model without lighting relays and small speedo Not one with just the end terminals - as Haynes manuals I've a fair wiring harness but some of it has been stripped back and needs making good (around the regulator etc) Please email t...